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POLITICS
Veterans are running for Congress — who to watch on election night. Of the 469 House and Senate races on the ballot this fall, 18 of them will feature two veterans squaring off against each other for a congressional seat. (RELATED: Bipartisan ‘Stolen Valor’ – GOP and Dem Candidates Embellish Military Records)
Military veterans defend American elections as poll workers. Recruiting veterans to work as poll workers could harness the energy of veterans looking for new ways to serve their country.
PENTAGON ‘WOKE’ WATCH
‘Accountability’ Marine vet tells his ‘side of the story’ in new book. Here’s what he had to say.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Pentagon to launch new study on how to get at hard, deeply buried targets. A senior defense official explains the thinking behind the Biden Administration’s nuclear policy document.
Why the US still has not defeated ISIS in Iraq and Syria, according to a new report. It’s been more than three years since the Islamic State appeared to be defeated after the terror group lost all the territory it had once controlled, and yet ISIS continues to wage an insurgency in both Iraq and Syria, according to the most recent quarterly report from the Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve.
Enhance raw material security through international cooperation. With closer multinational cooperation, the U.S. and its allies and partners could reduce vulnerabilities emanating from the dependency on China, and other potentially unstable mineral sources, and counter hybrid attacks on domestic production lines.
After F-22s, F-16s from Spangdahlem may head to Kadena. F-22s from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, will initially fill in for F-15Cs as they begin to leave Kadena Air Base, Japan, but the Air Force is eyeing a later and longer deployment of F-16s from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to reinforce the island base, Pentagon officials said.
HOMELAND SECURITY
BUT ALL IMMIGRANTS LOVE AMERICA! – Man attempted car attack outside Pentagon and said “I hate America,” court documents say. An Ethiopian man living in Virginia who allegedly yelled “F*** America” and told officers “I hate America” is accused of attempting to attack federal police officers outside the Pentagon last week, according to federal court documents. (RELATED: Katie Hobbs’ Finger-Pointing Falls Flat After the Truth is Revealed About Recent Campaign Burglar)
CHINA THREAT
If China conquers Taiwan, it would be huge blow to US national security, economy. Imagine deterrence fails and China successfully takes Taiwan. How would it affect the U.S. economy and inform whether the U.S. should fight China for Taiwan’s freedom? (RELATED: Hunter Biden Was Part of Chinese Operation to Spy on Biden Family)
How to keep war with China from being a pick-up game. INDOPACOM needs a joint force headquarters now, not when crisis arrives.
Australia plays down US B-52 bomber plan that angers China. Australia’s defense minister on Wednesday played down the significance of a major upgrade of B-52 facilities planned for northern Australia that has raised China’s ire, saying the nuclear-capable U.S. bombers have been visiting since the 1980s.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Ukraine capable of retaking Kherson from Russia -Pentagon chief. Ukrainian forces can retake the strategic southern city of Kherson from Russian troops, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday, in what would be a major defeat for Russia in its invasion of its neighbor.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 254. A Moscow-installed official in the Kherson region has indicated Russian troops might pull back from the west bank of the Dnieper river, but as the United States sounded an optimistic note on Ukraine’s ability to retake the strategically important southern city of Kherson, Kyiv expressed more wariness.
Russian ambassador claims UK involved in drone attack on Black Sea fleet. Andrei Kelin says Britain ‘too deep in this conflict’ as speculation grows over Russian withdrawal from Kherson region.
UN inspectors find no evidence for Russian ‘dirty bomb’ claim. The International Atomic Energy Agency examined three sites where Russia claimed Ukraine was building a radiation dispersal bomb but turned up no indications of illicit activity.
Russian flag comes down in Kherson, but Ukraine sees a trap. Russia’s flag has come down over the main administrative building in Kherson, Ukraine, but Ukrainian officials and war experts aren’t convinced surrender is nigh.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
US, South Korea to extend military drills after North Korean launches. The U.S. and South Korea announced Thursday they will extend joint military drills in the wake of North Korea’s saber-rattling this week, which included an intercontinental ballistic missile launch.
South Korea scrambles fighter jets after detecting 180 North Korean warplanes, military says. South Korea scrambled about 80 fighter jets after detecting a large number of North Korean warplanes during a four-hour period Friday, the country’s military said, in a further escalation of regional tensions.
US not shifting military posture in Korea despite unprecedented missile launches. “We don’t have a plan to change our permanent positioning or stationing of assets on the peninsula currently … but you’ll see assets move in and out on a routine basis,” Austin said during a press conference following a meeting at the Pentagon with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jong-Sup.
Pentagon: A North Korea nuclear attack would ‘result in the end of the Kim regime.’ The U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs met Thursday as Pyongyang launches a barrage of missiles. (RELATED: South Korea’s New Weapon Will Have One Purpose: To Take Down Kim)
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Indian Army seeks more than 2,200 drones. The Indian Army has launched a series of fast-track drone procurement efforts under emergency powers that will see the service spend up to 3 billion rupees (U.S. $36 million) for each program.
SPACE THREAT
FCC to open ‘Space Bureau’ to keep up with satellite boom in new, commercial ‘Space Age.’ “I think the FCC needs some remodeling,” Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said, announcing the new bureau as well as a new, separate International Affairs office
UN committee endorses US call for moratorium on destructive ASAT missile tests. “There are ongoing reviews to find other commitments that we can make, specifically around national security space activities,” said the State Department’s Richard Buenneke.
US MILITARY
How the Air Force is preparing for good and bad comms in the Pacific. The service’s top lab is also working on commercial cloud offerings and facilitating classified software development.
Better weapons, complex training bolster US submarine force. The U.S. Navy has combined two undersea warfare courses that pit two platforms against each other, according to the commander of Naval Submarine Forces.
Are torpedo-killing torpedoes ready for prime time? Manufacturers are pitching new products for neutralizing torpedoes, the most dogged enemy of surface ships, as those weapons are becoming smart enough to tip the balance of power in naval battles.
Troops brave Molotov cocktail training. Soldiers of the 2-151st Infantry Battalion participate in “fire phobia” training as part of riot control training before they deploy to Kosovo.
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Move chip base to the US?? & other firms from Taiwan NOW
Now that would be logical, and you know our government doesn’t operate on logic. Anything that has to do with our military equipment should never have left these shores, especially to one of our biggest enemies. Those companies operating their facilities in china, or Taiwan, need to be told if they want their products sold in this country they better bring the manufacturing plants back to the United States. If they try to fight it then cancel all contracts with them and award them to US based companies. We could survive until those new companies are up and running. It’s way past time to play hardball with those companies.